Sep 10 2011
Beating Leeds United 3-1 last week Manchester United Academy got their first three points of the season and were sixth in the Premier Academy League Group C, six points behind the leaders, Manchester City. The Academy travelled to Sheffield to play their fourth league game of the season against last season’s Youth Cup runners-up Sheffield United.
Sep 10 2011
Well hello again. Over the last two weeks, we’ve had the end of the summer transfer window and plenty of international football to be distracted by, but it just doesn’t quite fill the void, does it? As nice as it is to see the likes of Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young succeeding on international level, the two-week international breaks still feel a lot longer than they actually are.
Sep 09 2011
Welcome to the seventh Can They Score Manchester United podcast.
This week’s episodes features James and I, along side Doron from Stretford-End.com, talking about all things United, including the international break, in-depth analysis of our trip to Bolton, listeners questions and much more!
James (from Written Offside) and I, Chris (from Can They Score), welcome your feedback, positive or negative, as our aim is to to bring you the best analysis of the biggest club in the world with interesting guest, reviews and discussion.
Sep 07 2011
Well I hope everyone enjoyed my first foray at top tens with my list of United’s all time best center forwards. Now I have been granted the privilege of offering you my take at the top ten strikers to have played for our illustrious Red Devils. Let me start by saying that there is a difference in my mind between center forward and striker. CF’s play deeper and also imitate midfielders in an attacking way. Usually they are better passers, have greater patience and vision and are just smarter footballers all round. That is not to say strikers are not smart, they are, but CF’s for me just have more versatility, a larger skill set and a little more genius in their overall make-up.
Sep 03 2011
After defeat at home to Portsmouth two weeks ago and an under-strength young team were beaten by Southampton on the South coast last week, I’m sure the Academy would be desperate for three points today to reward what’s actually been a very promising start to the new season.
Sep 03 2011
Welcome to the sixth Can They Score Manchester United podcast.
This week’s episodes features James along side Tom, from TheFaithfulMUFC.com, and Doron, from Stretford-End.com, talking about all things United, including the match against Arsenal, Patrice Evra’s continued inclusion in the side, United’s transfer history and much more!
James (from Written Offside) and I, Chris (from Can They Score), welcome your feedback, positive or negative, as our aim is to to bring you the best analysis of the biggest club in the world with interesting guest, reviews and discussion.
Sep 02 2011
This summer Manchester United faced a challenge in the transfer market that had similar connotations to 1999 when the great Dane Peter Schmeichel announced he would be leaving for pastures new. Back then, it was felt that the decision on his replacement was made in a rather hasty fashion with the unpredictable Australian Mark Bosnich being recruited from Aston Villa on a free transfer. Whilst it cannot be denied that he had talent, Bosnich failed to win over the Old Trafford faithful after a series of mistakes and poor quality distribution. It is often forgotten that this was the Australian’s second crack at United following a brief three game stint between the years of 1989-92. Second time around he made only 35 appearances before being replaced by Fabien Barthez in 2000.
Aug 29 2011
August 28th, 2011. A day that will live in infamy…..for Arsenal fans at least. But more importantly, a day where two long time rivals met at the crossroads of their careers do establish their paths for the future.
“Sunday, Bloody Sunday” as the song goes, truly is an apt title for what took place at Old Trafford this fateful day. Two fierce and proud rivals collided, and by the end of the day only, one was left standing while the other literally had to be picked up piece-by-piece and placed in a series of body bags after a slaughter that forced me to think of Old Trafford as the second coming of other hallowed grounds such as Hastings, Agincourt and dare I say it, Waterloo.
Aug 29 2011
Where do I even begin after a performance like that? I think we were all fairly confident heading into today’s game after the recent misfortunes that have plagued Wenger and his team. However, not even the most optimistic fan could have predicted a rout of such massive proportions. Continue reading
Aug 29 2011
Well, let’s get one thing out of the way first and foremost: I’m terrible at making predictions. Absolutely terrible. But there are times when it’s nice to be wrong, and today is one of those days. You could break out the thesaurus and use up every synonym for ‘amazing’, and you’d still feel like it doesn’t adequately describe United’s attacking performance today. At the same time, you could use that same thesaurus to find every synonym for ‘terrible’, and it would come up short of a proper description for how woeful Arsenal were.
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